| Event: | Women's 1500 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 1500 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 21 and 23 August.
| Gold | Svetlana Masterkova | |
| Silver | Carla Sacramento | |
| Bronze | Anita Weyermann |
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4:08.11 | Q, PB | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4:08.33 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 4:08.34 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 4:08.54 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 4:08.62 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 4:08.83 | q, PB | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4:08.88 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 4:08.93 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 4:09.36 | Q | |||
| 10 | 2 | 4:09.54 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 4:09.62 | q | |||
| 12 | 1 | 4:09.81 | q | |||
| 13 | 1 | 4:10.08 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 4:10.21 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 4:11.79 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 4:12.11 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 4:17.00 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | 4:17.29 | ||||
| 1 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:11.91 | |||||
| 4:12.62 | |||||
| 4:13.06 | |||||
| 4:13.33 | |||||
| 4:14.66 | |||||
| 4:15.00 | |||||
| 4:15.04 | |||||
| 4:15.10 | |||||
| 4:15.38 | |||||
| 10 | 4:15.48 | ||||
| 11 | 4:15.73 | ||||
| 12 | 4:18.25 |